The truth about Guillaume Graechen refusing to be assistant coach to Toshiya Miura

The story of Coach Guillaume Graechen bluntly refusing to join the Vietnam U23 team to become assistant coach to Mr. Toshiya Miura to build the Vietnam U23 team to participate in the 28th SEA Games has made the public quite concerned, and is certainly worth thinking about for the leaders of the VFF.

Immediately after the failure of the Vietnamese team at the AFF Cup 2014, Coach Miura quickly started planning to build the U23 team to prepare for the 28th SEA Games taking place in June 2015 in Singapore.

Compared to coach Graechen, will coach Miura be more suitable to lead the U19 players?

The personnel issue seems to be clear when the Japanese coach will name a few U19 players to the U23 team. Public opinion and Mr. Duc also support this policy.

The prospect of U19 players like Cong Phuong, Tuan Anh, Xuan Truong… playing for the U23 team to compete in the SEA Games is very clear. The story would not become complicated if coach Graechen was willing to support his colleague Miura. However, Cong Phuong’s teacher, Tuan Anh, only agreed to join the U23 team if he became the head coach.

In fact, if the U19 team is promoted to the U23 team, the presence of Coach Graechen on the technical bench is theoretically very good. The reason for saying that is because Mr. Graechen is a professional coach, and at the same time, he can give useful advice to Mr. Miura because Mr. Graechen understands his students in the U19 team very well.

Many people think that coach Graechen seems stubborn in this matter. However, looking at it from a personal perspective, it can be inferred that the French coach has great professional pride. Moreover, if the U19 players are promoted to the core of the U23 team, then Mr. Graechen's refusal to be assistant coach to his colleague Miura also has its own reasons. Simply because coach Graechen is a real teacher, attached to his students Cong Phuong, Tuan Anh, Xuan Truong... from the time they first got used to playing the ball with their bare feet. There is another very human and sensitive issue: if the team wins the championship, the credit will go to coach Miura, but how many people will remember coach Graechen in the role of assistant coach?

On the other hand, if VFF is determined to bring Mr. Graechen to lead U23 Vietnam, then the story will certainly go too far. Coach Miura also has professional pride. And we all know that Coach Miura was signed by VFF and Vietnamese football is putting its trust in the Japanese coach.

Therefore, if VFF does not handle this matter properly, it will easily cause disharmony between the two coaches Miura and Graechen. Now more than ever, VFF needs to show vision, foresee all problems and handle them skillfully to avoid hurting coach Miura and causing disharmony between both sides.

For VFF, using Coach Miura is not simply inviting a foreign coach to lead the national teams, but it is the result of the strategic cooperation between the two football federations, the two football foundations of Vietnam and Japan. Vietnamese and Japanese football are cooperating better and better. To be more precise, the Japan Football Federation has helped VFF to inspire the trust of fans. The clearest evidence is the presence of Coach Miura on the coaching bench of the Vietnamese national team. The talent and kindness of the Japanese coach soon brought hope for the future of Vietnamese football.

Fans are waiting for a move that shows tact in this matter. Perhaps when signing the contract with Coach Miura, those responsible for football have not thought of this rather sensitive situation, when now the interactive and possibly conflicting relationship between the two coaches Graechen and Miura is approaching very close.

Be careful not to let a small mistake lead to a big one!

According to TTVH